January 12 2015 - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

January 12 2015

More like this

Open the gallery

January 12 2015

January 12 2015

January 12 2015

January 12 2015

September 24 2017

2017-09-24 +1 copies

Evening homa at a fire pit in a temple-style hall. A priest in white dhoti with a striped border and orange cloth bends over the flames, holding a brass vessel and ladle. A seated man in a green turban and white dhoti tends the fire with his hands and a small brass cup. Nearby, a woman in orange garments stands with palms pressed together in prayer, and another woman in orange sari with white forehead markings stands to the right. Brass pots, marigold garlands and a flower-decorated tray sit around the fire pit. Several white-clad devotees sit in the background.

A photograph of a fire ritual at night. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti sits cross-legged before a large flame rising from a fire pit built of wooden blocks, offering into the fire with a small vessel in his hand. A second figure in the foreground, wearing a yellow-green cloth draped over the shoulder, sits with back to the camera facing the fire. Brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot, and baskets of yellow marigold garlands are arranged around the fire, along with red flower offerings on the wooden blocks and a small oil lamp at the lower left. Homa or yagna fire ritual.

April 10 2016

A homa fire ritual at night in a pavilion. A seated man in a green turban and white dhoti with a purple-striped waist cloth holds an offering near a burning fire pit. A standing priest in a white dhoti and shawl leans over the fire holding a lamp, while a young boy in orange-red cloth with hands folded stands beside a second red-clad figure. Flower garlands, brass vessels and a pink-and-green mat lie at the edge of the fire. People are seated in the background.

A photograph of a homa fire ritual at night in a temple-like room with red walls. At the centre, a shirtless man with a red turban, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style mala, wearing a yellow shawl, holds an offering above a large blazing fire pit set on stacked bricks with flower garlands and offerings beside it. To the left, a man in a dark brown garment with a garland and gold necklace sits with a metal vessel, and a shirtless attendant in a white dhoti stands at right with a garland and a metal bowl. A fan and a metal cabinet appear behind them.

2016-03-06 +1 copies

A photograph of a homa or fire ritual in a temple hall. A large open fire burns in a raised wooden-framed fire pit at the centre-bottom, with smoke rising. A seated priest with a green turban and bare chest, wearing a white dhoti with a striped border, holds a small lamp or offering over the fire. A second priest in a white dhoti stands bent over beside him, holding a lamp. Behind them a woman in an orange-red sari presses her palms together in prayer, and another figure in a red-orange sari stands to the right beside a white-draped table with red flowers. Brass vessels, marigold and yellow flower garlands, and a pile of rice grains sit near the fire pit. Striped red and white pillars and steps frame the background, where other people in white stand watching.

Fire ritual (homa) in a temple-style hall. A bare-chested man in a green head-cloth and white dhoti sits cross-legged before a raised fire pit, pouring from a small metal cup. A second man in a white dhoti bends over the pit holding a metal ladle. Behind them, a woman in an orange sari presses her palms together in prayer, and a man in an orange cloth stands with hands clasped. Brass vessels, marigold garlands, flower heaps and a bowl of rice sit near the fire, with rows of spectators in white behind.